Combined feed-roller and pressure-guide.



E. S. GILES. COMBINED FEED ROLLER AND PRESSURE GUIDE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 26, 1909. 963,217, Patented July 5, 1910.

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EDWIN S. GILES, OF OWOSSO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNMCCLELLAN, OF OWOSSO, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED FEED-ROLLER AND PRESSURE-GUIDE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. GILES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Owosso, in the county of Shia- Wassee and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and usful Improvements in CombinedFeed-Rollers and Pressure- Guides, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to work guides for molders, stickers and likemachinery to hold the work to the fence during the operation and theinvention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of a workguide on the arbor of the feed roll and revolving with the same, all asmore fully hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawingsin which,

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the work guide as inoperation; and Figs. 2 and 3 are end views of the work guide dismountedfrom the arbor.

In the drawings 1 indicates the feed roll, 2 the arbor on which it ismounted, 3 the bed of the molder, 4; the fence and 5 the work fixed overthe bed by the feed roller all as well known.

My improved work guide comprises a pressure disk 6, a guide sleeve 7upon which it is mounted, a coil spring 8 upon the guide sleeve, a screwnut 9 and a screw nut 10 to hold the work guide in position upon the Theguide sleeve 7 holds the feed roll in position against the shoulder 15on the arbor and a key 16 or its equivalent iolds it in revolvingengagement with the arbor. At its inner end it is provided wit-h acircular flange 11 and the adjacent face of the disk has a correspondingrecess 12 to receive this flange.

The disk 6 projects beyond the periphery of the feed roll and theprojecting portion is formed with a bevel 13 on the face adjacent thefeed roll. The disk 6 is loose upon the feed roll but is held inrevolving engagement therewith by a key 14, and its bevel face ispreferably corrugated.

In practice the parts being arranged as Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 26, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910. Serial No. 529,855.

shown and described it will be seen that the work guide revolves as awhole with the feed roll and since the working face 13 of the disk formsan obtuse angle with the Working face of the feed roll the former bearsagainst the adjacent upper corner of the work and being pressed by thespring 8 it will therefore crowd the work against the fence t and alsoagainst the work table. Since the pressure disk revolves with the feedroll and in thus revolving bears only against the corner of the work itpractically assists the feed roller instead of creating a frictionalresistance to the feeding as a stationary work guide will do, and thusit is practicable with my Work guide to use any desirable amount ofpressure.

My invention thus forms a very efficient work guide of simple anddurable construction and it has the additional advantage that it doesnot obstruct the bed of the machine.

The construction may be variously modified within the scope of myinvention as for instance as the sleeve 7 may be an integral part of thefeed roll, but I prefer for obvious reasons to make it as a unit, sothat it can be mounted and dismounted as a whole.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A combined feed roll and pressureguide comprising a sleeve adapted to be secured upon an arbor to turntherewith and having a reduced and screwthreaded end, a nut engagingsaid screwthreaded end, a work engaging member mounted upon the sleeveand secured thereto to turn therewith and to slide longitudinallythereon, and a spring interposed between said member and said nut tomove the member longitudinally of the sleeve.

2. A combined feed roller and pressure guide comprising a sleeve adaptedto be secured to an arbor and provided with a reduced and screwthreadedend at one end and an outwardly extending flange at its opposite end, aflanged nut to engage the screwthreaded end of the sleeve, a workengaging pressure member mounted upon the sleeve mounted and providedwith an inelined working face, and a recess inits end to receive theflange 0n the sleeve, said Working face extending at an inclination toengage the upper side of the Work and press downwardly and laterallythereon, means for securing said member to the sleeve to turn therewithand to slide longitudinally thereof, and a spring interposed betweensaid li'iember and said nut on the end of the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWVIN S. GILES. WVitnesses ARTHUR D. ALLITON, WV. S. COOPER.

